Bank Reconciliation Co-ordinator

SBS Skipton Building Society; Skipton; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual discretionary bonus scheme

25 days annual leave + bank holidays +

Job summary

SBS Skipton Building Society is recruiting for a permanent 35-hour-per-week role focused on financial controls. You will deliver bank, cash and balance sheet reconciliations and investigate discrepancies to support a robust control environment.

You will monitor aged balances, maintain audit trails, and assist with MI reporting and accounts receivable tasks. A collaborative mindset and accuracy are essential for success.

Qualifications

• Strong attention to detail with excellent organisational skills.
• A basic understanding of reconciliations and accounting principles, or willingness to learn.
• Experience of bank or suspense account reconciliations would be beneficial but isn't essential.
• Understanding of Sales Ledger processes would be beneficial but isn't essential.
• Reliable, diligent approach with the ability to work accurately and meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Deliver accurate and timely bank, cash balance sheet reconciliations.
• Investigate and resolve reconciliation discrepancies, escalate high risk items.
• Monitor aged, unmatched and unknown balances; keep clear records of actions.
• Maintain robust supporting documentation and audit trails.
• Support MI reporting with accurate data and tracking of items.
• Support Sales Ledger and Accounts Receivable activities and queries.
• Collaborate with internal teams, senior colleagues and auditors to resolve queries.

Skills

Attention to detail

Accounting fundamentals

Willingness to learn

Reliable and diligent

Team collaboration

Job description

Hours: This role is for a permanent position working full time 35 hours per week Salary: £26,000 Per Annum Closing Date: Wed, 2 Sept 2026

Job introduction

Join our team and play a key role in maintaining the accuracy and integrity of our financial controls. You'll be responsible for delivering timely bank, cash, and balance sheet reconciliations, investigating discrepancies, and helping to ensure a robust and effective control environment.

What You’ll Do

• Deliver accurate and timely bank, cash, balance sheet, nominal and suspense account reconciliations.
• Investigate and resolve reconciliation discrepancies, escalating complex or high risk items where required.
• Monitor and manage aged, unmatched and unknown balances, maintaining clear records of actions taken.
• Maintain robust supporting documentation and audit trails in line with financial control standards.
• Support MI reporting by providing accurate data and tracking outstanding reconciliation items.
• Support Sales Ledger and Accounts Receivable activity, including customer or tenant account queries, allocations, aged debt and issue resolution.
• Collaborate with internal teams, senior colleagues and auditors to resolve queries and provide information requests.

What You’ll Need To be successful in this role, you will ideally have:

• Strong attention to detail with excellent organisational skills.
• A basic understanding of reconciliations and accounting principles, or a willingness to learn.
• Experience of bank or suspense account reconciliations would be beneficial but isn't essential.
• An understanding of Sales Ledger processes would be beneficial but isn't essential.
• A reliable, diligent approach with the ability to work accurately and meet deadlines.
• A collaborative mindset and enthusiasm to learn, develop and support colleagues.

What’s In It For You

Your work matters. And the way we reward you matters, too. At Skipton, we offer pay and benefits that really do make life better, together with a genuine thank you for making a difference.

• Annual discretionary bonus scheme
• 25 days standard annual leave + bank holidays + rising 1 day per year of service to a max of 30 days
• Matching employer pension contribution (up to 10% per annum)
• Colleague Mortgages and access to Skipton products and services at discounted rates
• Flexible working to help balance your commitments
• Private medical insurance, health and wellbeing app, volunteering opportunities, cycle-to-work scheme, discounted gym memberships
• Lifestyle perks such as a Home and Tech voucher, which can be used at John Lewis, Currys, and IKEA

About Skipton

Our story began in 1853 in Skipton, North Yorkshire. Today, you’ll find us across England and Scotland, from Aberdeen to Plymouth. We help over a million members put down roots, save for what matters, and feel good about their money. As a mutual, they own us, so everything we do is for them. You'll feel that same fairness and purpose in how all 2,500 of our colleagues work together, too It all means that life at Skipton is more exciting than you imagine.

What it's like to work here

Life at Skipton We talk and we listen to each other. And we make decisions as a team. That way, you get all the support you need to do work that works for everyone. For most of our roles there's the option of blended working, which means we mix working from home and meeting in person, with three days a week in our Skipton office. We also value what everyone brings to Skipton. And we create a fair place where you can be yourself. Our colleague networks play a big role in this. They connect people with similar life experiences and make our workplace warm, friendly, inclusive and welcoming. It’s not just our members who are important to us. You are, too. Lots of organisations talk about wellbeing, but they don’t always back it up. As a mutual, we put people first. And that includes the people who work here. So, when we say we care about your wellbeing, we mean it. Wellbeing isn't just one thing. It’s about feeling good, having energy, and being able to be yourself and perform at your best. That’s why we offer help for your mental and physical health across five key areas.

What’s more, it’s help that you can actually use too - not just read about.

Not just another building society. Not just another job. We're the fourth biggest building society in the UK and what makes us a bit different is that we're a mutual organisation. We don't have shareholders; we're owned by our members. Our colleagues say Skipton's a great place to work, and you could be one of them, bringing with you new ideas on how we can keep customers at the heart of what we do. Whatever your background, and whatever your goals, we’ll help you take the next step towards a better future. Why? It’s just the way we are. We care about sustainability and look to the long-term for both colleagues and customers. And we know that when we build better futures as individuals, we build better futures as a business.